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Here are a number of defiintions of procrastination. Do any of them fit?

To voluntarily delay an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay – Piers Steel

The intentional and habitual postponement of an important task that should be done now. – Harold Taylor

To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. – The free dictionary

The act of replacing high-priority or important actions with tasks of lower priority, or doing something from which one brings enjoyment, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time. – Wikipedia

An automatic problem habit of putting off an important and timely activity until another time. It’s s a process that has probable consequences. – William Knaus

The starting point of becoming excellent in time management is desire. Almost everyone feels that their time management skills could be vastly better than they are. People resolve, over and over again, to get serious about time management by focusing, setting better priorities and overcoming procrastination. They intend to get serious about time management sometime, but unfortunately, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The key to motivation is “motive.” For you to develop sufficient desire to develop time management and organizational skills, you must be intensely motivated by the benefits you feel you will enjoy. You must want the results badly enough to overcome the natural inertia that keeps you doing things the same old way. - Brian Tracy

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. ~Wayne Dyer

Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today’s duties put off tomorrow give us a double burden to bear; the best way is to do them in their proper time. - Ida Scott Taylor

Procrastination is the biggest enemy of a successfully planned day. When you get a late start, it can make one activity spill over into the time allotted for the next activity, causing a domino effect that leaves many items on your to-do list undone. – Julie Morgenstern

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. ~Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin. -Victor Kiam

Procrastination is a tough time robber to overcome. It is a real test of our commitment to apply sound management principles to a problem area…we must analyze what we procrastinate about, what interruptions and excuses we find to get out of doing that difficult or unpleasant task. – Jack D. Ferner

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. – Napoleon Hill

When procrastination becomes a persistent habit, it is a serious threat to professional and personal success. – T. Bittel

Proximity to temptation is one of the deadliest determinants of procrastination. – Piers Steel

Some people argues that procrastination has positives effects. It improves innovation and reduce stress level. But too much of procrastinating will definitely ruin our productivity. So procrastination is something we should managed.

Some people argues that procrastination has positives effects. It improves innovation and reduce stress level. But too much of procrastinating will definitely ruin our productivity. So procrastination is something we should managed.